MBL at the park

Most of Holland is very flat and extremely well organized: The fields run in straight lines and the lines of trees down the side of the road are all the same size and shape. Sometimes I feel like I live in a Sims game! I love living in Holland, but I do miss the rolling hills and countryside of my home town in Devon, England.

The flower fields in Holland

The rolling hills of Devon

Fortunately there is one large park near where I live that feels more like home. Haarlemmermeerse Bos is a park around a huge lake, where the trees are allowed to grow more naturally and they have put in a few good hills to walk up and down. It is very pretty and I love to take my Mad Black Labrador Shadow for a nice long walk there on a Saturday morning. She loves to swim in the lake and play with the other dogs we meet there.

As far as Shadow is concerned there is nothing better than chasing tennis balls into the lake!

Remember to stand well back for this!
The tennis ball sank eventually so we got out the purple frizzbe instead...Comedy shot: Shadow with big purple lips!! Mwah!
Once we wore her out a bit she was calm enough for a nice photo :)Off home now, time for a nap.

Locked out

I locked myself out of the house this morning. I just went to take the dog out for a walk, I tapped my pocket like normal to check I had my keys before shutting the door. Only problem is that when I got back I realized they weren't the front or back door keys, but the keys to the garden shed - no use at all! I had locked myself out with no money, no phone and all my neighbors had already gone to work! So I walked all the way to my husbands work, which took 2 hours! He gave me his key, some money to get the bus home and an exasperated look and then went back to work.

I'm home at last but so exhausted, and I feel really stupid too! But at least Shadow the dog had a good time, I don't think she has ever had a 2 hour walk before, she loved it!